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We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates

We Were the Mulvaneys

Joyce Carol Oates

22 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0lj00's review
fiction contemporary dark emotional sad slow-paced
Carpentaria by Alexis Wright

Carpentaria

Alexis Wright

480 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0lj00's review
fiction historical magical realism emotional reflective slow-paced
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante

The Story of a New Name

The Neapolitan Novels #2

Elena Ferrante

471 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0lj00's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Venus in Two Acts by Saidiya Hartman

Venus in Two Acts

Saidiya Hartman

14 pages • first pub 2008 (editions) user-added

5.0lj00's review
nonfiction essays history literary race
Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo

Pedro Páramo

Juan Rulfo

144 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0lj00's review
fiction classics literary magical realism challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Lincoln in the Bardo

George Saunders

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0lj00's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd

Rifqa

Mohammed El-Kurd

100 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0lj00's review
nonfiction poetry challenging dark emotional fast-paced
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